The Bachelor of Dance Education course offers a comprehensive, specialist program of practical and theoretical training, and is ideally suited to individuals looking to pursue a career as a high school dance teacher.
Combining dance, health and teaching into one targeted degree, this course allows you to focus your training on dance teaching while covering a breadth of topics relevant to physical education and physical training.
ACPE offers this degree on-campus study and the course content is delivered through a variety of methods including lectures, tutorials, seminars, performance workshops, dance classes and individual tuition. To ensure classroom readiness students undertake school-based practical experience throughout their degree.
Study dance at ACPE
What You'll Need to Get In
To be eligible to enrol in this course, applicants must meet one of the following criteria:
Achieve at least three Band 5 HSC results, including one in English; AND
Pass bridging units benchmarked to a Band 5 HSC result; OR
Completion of a NESA approved alternative entry pathway as advised by your prospective university; OR
Have completed a Higher Education Degree.
Applicants are also required to attend a dance audition.
In this dance education course, the subjects you will study include:
Dance Composition
Understanding Health
Skill Acquisition
Dance History
Dance Production
Popular Dance Styles
Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Physiology
Classroom Skills I
Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching HPE I
Classical Dance Styles
Practices in Movement
Professional Experience 1
Child and Adolescent Development
Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in Dance
Dance Analysis
Theory & Application of Playing Sport
Professional Experience 2
Classroom Skills II
Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in HPE II
Dance Composition II
Contemporary Youth Health
Professional Experience 3
Social Influences and Student Diversity
Curriculum Planning for Learning and Teaching in Dance II
Dance Performance
Elements of Movement
Teaching Skills: Dance Studio
Youth Health & Resilience
The Inclusive Classroom
Applied Exercise Physiology
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education
Current Issues: A Teaching Research Project
Dance and Technology
Literacy for Learning and Teaching
Professional Experience 4
Why
Australian College of Physical Education?
The Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) is one of Australia’s leading education providers when it comes to all things sports management, applied fitness, dance and physical education. Students here will graduate with the training to work as fitness professionals as well as the knowledge to manage their own businesses.
ACPE is one of the oldest higher education providers in NSW, providing a premier learning experience for over 100 years. By gaining your qualification at ACPE, you will receive a nationally recognised credential and have access to world-class athletic facilities and training that draws in students from all over the globe.
A key value for the team at the Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) is to ensure their staff and students are well supported and are encouraged to develop both personally and professionally.
ACPE has a Student Learning Services (SLS) resource centre which is a student’s hub for all things relating to academic skills and success throughout their studies. Students also have access to SMARTTHINKING - an online service that gives students 24-hour access to academic tutors and resources.
**Want to get a feel for what it's like to study with ACPE? Head to their Open Day held at their Sydney campus on Saturday, February 2nd. Enquire now for more event info.**
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
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"ACPE has been great in understanding and being flexible to my needs as a student but also as a full-time athlete living mostly overseas. This is one of the main reasons i chose to study at ACPE because I had heard of the support given to elite athletes. The staff and unit co-ordinators within my faculty and course and have been overly helpful and always given me the best chance to complete all tasks wherever O am in the world. I would definitely recommend ACPE and my course in particular to anyone looking to study but to also have a good balance in life whether personal or sporting, and I am very grateful for having the support of ACPE."
This course can be delivered on campus to provide you with practical training in a
face-to-face learning environment. It is available to study at the following locations:
Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a nationally recognised, accredited Bachelor of Dance Education from the Australian College of Physical Education.
This qualification will enable you to pursue dance teaching as a career in the secondary school system, as well as other educational contexts.
Providing you with training in dance as an aspect of physical education, you will emerge from your studies ready to pursue employment in government and independent schools, private dance studios and community recreation centres.
Career Outcomes
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Eligible students can apply for a FEE-HELP loan to help with the upfront costs of this course.
Affordable payment plans are also available.
FEE-HELP
You may be eligible to receive FEE-HELP for this course!
This course can be paid for through the FEE-HELP government loan scheme. If you are an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa, you may not need to pay upfront.
Instead, the Australian government will pay your course fees directly to the provider on your behalf. You'll begin repaying your loan through the tax system once you start earning more than the minimum threshold of $47,014 (2021-22 income year).
